"Got Milk?"
"It's 10 o'clock...Do you know where your children are?"
"Live above the influence."
We've all seen Public Serice Annoucements (PSAs) on television and most of us can recite our favorite line from a PSA. But what exactly is a PSA and how can you make one for your human rights portfolio?
A PSA is "any announcement for which no charge is made and which promotes programs, activities, or services of federal, state, or local governments, or the programs, activities or services of non-profit organizations (e.g., United Way, Red Cross blood donations, etc.) and other announcements regarded as serving community interests." Public Service Announcements appeal to our sense of responsibility and our emotions and call upon our sense of empathy. Many PSAs have us running for the tissue box or racing for the computer to volunteer! Source: <http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/publicservic/publicservic.htm>
Your mission is to create a PSA for your human rights topic.Your PSA must be one minute in length and should include facts and images from you research. You must incorporate music, titles, and transitions to effectively convey your message. Your PSA must also provide information about how the public can get invovled or where they can go to get more information about your topic. Check out the examples of student PSAs from 2009 as well as well-known PSAs from years past.
Please refer to the rubric before you start your PSA. Remember, "knowing is half the battle" (G.I. Joe PSA from 1980s)
"Got Milk?"
"It's 10 o'clock...Do you know where your children are?"
"Live above the influence."
We've all seen Public Serice Annoucements (PSAs) on television and most of us can recite our favorite line from a PSA. But what exactly is a PSA and how can you make one for your human rights portfolio?
A PSA is "any announcement for which no charge is made and which promotes programs, activities, or services of federal, state, or local governments, or the programs, activities or services of non-profit organizations (e.g., United Way, Red Cross blood donations, etc.) and other announcements regarded as serving community interests." Public Service Announcements appeal to our sense of responsibility and our emotions and call upon our sense of empathy. Many PSAs have us running for the tissue box or racing for the computer to volunteer!
Source: <http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/publicservic/publicservic.htm>
Your mission is to create a PSA for your human rights topic. Your PSA must be one minute in length and should include facts and images from you research. You must incorporate music, titles, and transitions to effectively convey your message. Your PSA must also provide information about how the public can get invovled or where they can go to get more information about your topic. Check out the examples of student PSAs from 2009 as well as well-known PSAs from years past.
Please refer to the rubric before you start your PSA. Remember, "knowing is half the battle" (G.I. Joe PSA from 1980s)
History of PSAs from Museum of Broadcasting : Read about how PSA first started in the US during WWII.
Your one-minute Public Service Announcement will be assessed based on the following rubric.